Hey my stupid *** oil pressure gauge is broke i think... when i turn the key on it goes to the top when the care not even running..... anybody have any similar problems?

 

how about you help yourself by making a better thread title. sounds like the connector for the sender unit is grounded

 

No profanity in thread titles.

If you want help, make the most clear title you can.

Such as instead of "help me god dammit" why didn't you put in, " My Oil gauge is not working correctly".

Cursing and posts without a real title will get very little response.

In addition your multiple bumps have been deleted by another moderator. Bumps are forbidden here in the 2nd gen RX-7 technical section. Why do you think you are any more important than anyone else asking a question? And frankly a bump every half hour in the hours between 1:50am and 2:30am, makes you look rather immature.



As ilike2eatricers said, you probably have a grounded oil sender wire or you have a busted off or missing condenser and the sender has failed.


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i did ground a loose wire that was hanging under my tranny, it had a black little box at the end of the wire, i thought it was a ground, the black box fell off and i just grounded it..
can anyone send me a pic of where it goes and do i need the little black box or no???

 

You just grounded your oil pressure gauge. If you are lucky you have not burnt the gauge all up. Disconnect that wire before you turn the key on again. If you have burnt the gauge you will need to replace it as well.

The condenser (little black box) is required for the oil pressure gauge to work correctly. The tab of the condenser must be grounded while the wire must still go into the condenser. The condenser tab normally mounts to the tranny on or near the clutch slave cyl.

You can not just ground wires. Not all black wires are ground. You need to know what you are hooking up before you you do it.

Most electrical Gremlins sit behind the steering wheel when the car is moving.

 

Whoa I learned something new today.

 

IceMark is classic!

 

well i guess i thought that hooked up to something was better than just letting it hang there, and it was black... ill just have to go to pick and pull and get another, can anyone give me pics or just tell me where it goes?? i dont see any where near the slave cyl. i guess ill figure it out when i find it on another car.. i think this is a reason to get a sick *** OP gauge, any suggestions

 

Yeah, pick up some common sense to use while working on your car.

The little black condenser box on mine just bolts to the firewall on mine IIRC, or maybe to the brake master cylinder mounting bolt. I would try that before concluding that the stock gauge is bad.

 

well wouldnt that be grounding it then???? thats where i grounded it to, the firewall

i thought its not a ground, wouldnt it go somewhere around the oil pan???

P.S. i did use common sense, thats why i didnt leave it hanging under my transmission, thats why im trying to figure out where it goes now by asking people who know more about these things.. thats using common sense... and i guess its bad practice to assume that all black wires are grounds

 

did you even search first? or read the shop manual?

 

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of course i did

 

depending on the year of the car, the oil sender condenser is grounded at different places... what year is your car?

 

you have that 87? the oil sender condenser (the black box thing) goes on the negative starter solenoid. i would go ahead and buy a new one at mazdatirx for like 12 bucks.

http://www.mazdatrix.com/getprice.as...m=66-991B-FB01

 

20b did you happen to notice this thread is over a year old?

 

I doesn't matter where the oil pressure sender condenser is grounded, as long as it is grounded.

Yeah, and very old thread...

 

doubt it.